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The Daily Dispatch: October 15, 1863., [Electronic resource], From New Orleans. (search)
is place regarding affairs on the Mississippi. The guerillas are burning cotton near Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, and a force of Confederates, under General Logan, is said to have made a raid on Port Hudson, killing and capturing several hundred negroes there, and driving all within the entrenchments. It has settled into general belief that the rebels have got Fort Adams and Grand Gulf, and are busy fortifying; and that Price's force, or a portion of it, has turned up at or near Helena, Ark, on the river. It is evident that the Confederates are making another attempt to shut up the river, and I should not be surprised if the recalled Texas expedition will be thrown back to points on the Mississippi to checkmate the Confederates. Everything is conducted with great secrecy — all is bustle and excitement, but no one but the Commanding General himself understands the movements. Do not be surprised, therefore, at the ignorance of your correspondent. A thousand conflicting